Toys



D. G. REMPEL April 4, 1961 TOYS 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 10, 1959INVENTOR Dietrich G. Rempel W0 ATTORNEYS D. G. REMPEL April 4, 1961 TOYS5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 10, 1959 INVENTOR Dietrich G. Rempel BYflaw! W ATTORNEYS D. G. REMPEL April 4, 1961 TOYS 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 FiledMarch 10, 1959 INVENTOR Dietrich G Rempe! Y ATTORNEYS D. G. REMPEL April4, 1961 TOYS 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed March 10, 1959 INVENTOR Dietrich G.Rempel BY ATTORNEYS April 4, 1961 D. G. REMPEL 2,978,245

INVENTOR Dietrich G. Rempel BY m W V F M M ATTORNEYS United States PtentTOYS Dietrich Gustaf Rempel, Akron, Ohio, assignor to Rempellgltllnufacturing, Inc., Akron, Ohio, a corporation of i Filed Mar. 10,1959, Ser. No. 798,437 '8 Claims. Cl. 272-52 This invention relates toimprovements in hollow toys made of plastic'materials and supportingstructures therebars at the neck of the toy that can be grasped by thehands of a child seated in the saddle.

The invention also relates more particularly to hollow plastic toys suchas a pony, etc., having therein a framework, including a saddle andneckpiece rigidly secured together and with handle members secured tothe neckpiece, and with one or more downwardly extending supportingmembers for the saddle and neckpiece, to-

gether with a supporting frame secured thereto and having footreststhereon to-provide a saddle, hand members and foot: supports rigidlyconnected together. I

-The' invention also includes an improved spring-sup ported frame madeup of frame members including spring supports for the toy, which framecan readily be shipped in an unassembled form and readily assembled forsupporting the toy.

The improved toys, in the case of the rocking toys, include not only thehollow yieldable toys of plastic materials but also the supports insidethe hollow toy, including the saddle support, or the saddle andneckpiece, and the rocking support by which thetoy is supported topermit rocking of a rider of the toy. Difierent kinds of rockingsupports can be used but in all cases the toy is secured thereto andsupported therefrom by the vertical supporting member, which in turnsupports the saddle, or saddle and neckpiece, located within the hollowtoy.

The toy itself, with a spring-supported frame, is a hollow toy made ofplastic material, and more particularly, of rubber, such as a ponyhaving therein a supporting framework including a saddle and neckpiece,with one or more depending support members therefor and with a-spring-supported frame secured to the depending member or members andlocated below the level of the pony for supporting the .same.

The toy is advantageously a rubber or other plastic toy made fromflexible rubber latex, or other plastics by a compound rotation processsuch as described in my pn'or Patents Nos. 2,469,892, 2,603,836 and2,629,130,

' in which the latex is inserted in the proper amount in The toy canalso be made of other plastic material such as placticizedpolyvinylchloride by a compound rotation process in metal molds, as described,for example, in US. Patent No. 2,624,072.

The toy is molded with a saddle portion adapted to receive thesupporting saddlemember for supporting the toy and a child seatedthereon. A neckpiece member is also provided, which is secured to thesaddle member.

and support and to which hand-hold members are secured, to be engaged bythe child seated on the toy. The

' toy is provided with one or more downwardly extending supportingmembers extending below the toy and supporting the internal frame, i.e.,the saddle and neck member.

The toy can be formed by compound rotation in the molds *and the saddleand neckpiece subsequently inserted through an opening made in thebottom of the molded toy. The saddle, or the saddle and neckpiece, canalso be located within the mold and away from the walls of the mold whenthe toy is being formed by compound rotation, as described in companionapplication Ser. No. 642,822.

Whether the saddle, or saddle and neck member, are located within thetoy while it is made by the compound rotation casting method, or whetherthese frame members are inserted through an opening in the bottom of thetoy after it has been formed by the compound rotation casting process,they are supported by one or more downwardly extending support memberssuch as one or more rods or tubes extending downwardly from thecompleted toy for supporting the same. And the downwardly extendingsupporting member or members are secured to a rocking support or a framestructure which is located below the pony or other toy and which has, asa part thereof, foot rests for the rider, located at a lower level thanthe body of the toy, so that a rider on the toy with hands engaging thehand bars connected to the neck member and with feet mounted on the footsupporting member has these members rigidly secured to each other and tothe saddle support so that these are held in the same relative position.And the toy, such as the pony or rocking toy, is otherwise unsupportedand is yieldable to pressure by the knees of the rider or by pressingwith the hand of the rider. And the neck of the pony or other toy isflexible and, with a bridle on the head of the pony, the neck can bemoved by pulling the reins and will return to normal position on releaseof the reins.

The supporting frame for the pony or other toy is advantageously aknock-down frame with upper frame members secured to the dependingsupport of the pony and having foot rests on a portion of the frame. Theframe is also one which is advantageously telescoped together to form astationary lower supporting frame to which the upper frame members,secured to the pony, are supported by four springs.

The lower supporting frame is advantageously made up of piping havingupwardly extending portions, to the tops of which the springs aresecured, and lower portions welded together and telescoping into asleeve member. The end members and the sleeve member can be shippedseparately in the same carton as the pony and readily telescopedtogether to form the lower supporting frame to which the springs securedto the upper supporting portion of the frame are secured.

. This method of supporting the pony or other toy is such that a childmounted on the saddle of the pony and with hands secured to the handbars on the neck of the pony and with feet on the upper frame member canride the pony and cause movement of the pony by a bucking or otheraction on the stationary lower frame through the action of thesupporting springs.

The toy is advantageously in the form of a pony with a saddle portionsupported by the saddle frame member and hand bars secured to the neckframe member. And the foot rests or supports on the upper frame memberare so located as to approximate the location of the feet in a stirrup.

The supporting frame of the rocking toy, for permitting rocking of thetoy is also advantageously a knockdown frame with frame members whichcan readily be taken apart to permit shipping in the same container asthe toy and readily assembled when the toy is to be used. The rockingsupport for the toy may, when assembled, be a rigid rocking structurewith curved supporting member on which the toy will rock, and with allof the supporting frame located well below the toy itself.

Another advantageous form of rocking support is one in which the toy ispivotally supported on a stationary lower frame, and with springsconnected to the stationary frame and to the rocking support for the toyto permit rocking of the rider on the toy in the stationary supportingframe.

In making the hollow rubber toys with the use of flexible rubber latex,the molds are advantageously made of two side members for the sides ofthe pony, together with an intermediate or lower member for the lowerportion of the pony located between the legs. The method of molding thepony is by inserting the proper amount of latex in the molds, made ofabsorbent material such as plaster of Paris, and with compound rotationof the molds around two axes at right angles to each other, such asdescribed in said prior patents, and with subsequent further drying ofthe molded toys before removing them from the molds, with further dryingand curing after removal from the molds.

In the molding method described in said companion application, thesaddle frame support, or both the saddle and the neckpiece, are locatedin the mold away from the sides of the mold and held in position duringthe compound rotation casting of the toy. In this case, the lowersupporting member or members extend downwardly through one or moretubular inserts in the intermediate section of the mold. By omitting thesaddle and neck members and inwardly extending. horizontal memberswelded together and secured together by a long telescoping member sothat the lower frame can readily be assembled.

The invention will be further described in connection with theaccompanying drawings illustrating certain embodiments thereof, but itwill be understood that the invention is not limited thereto.

support, the toy can be cast by the compound rotation process withouthaving the saddle and neck support located therein. And these can besubsequently inserted by cutting a slot in the belly portion of thepony, inserting these elements, and then closing the opening.

While the invention is of special value in the provision of a life-likepony with spring supporting frame, it is applicable to other toysincluding rocking toys, which have a saddle portion or seat to supportthe rider and a neck portion to which the handle bars can be insertedand which can similarly be supported by one or more downwardly dependingsupporting members located above and secured to the upper portion of aframe which is supported by the lower spring supporting frame. Thus, thetoys may be made in the form of other animals than ponies, such asgiraffes, zebras, donkeys, elephants, lions, tigers, etc., or even largebirds such as an ostrich, or other toys where the toy as a whole will bemade of plastic material such as rubber or other plastic by a compoundrotation process in suitable molds, and where the saddle and neck framemembers are subsequently inserted through an opening made in the bottomof the toy, or are located within the toy during the casting operationas described in said companion application.

The frame member which supports the toy through its downwardly extendingsupport member or members has upper frame members secured to thedownwardly extending member or members, four spring supporting theseupper frame members, and a lower telescoping stationary frame withtubular members which are telescoped together to enable them to beshipped in a knocked down state and readily assembled to form the lowerframe.

The lower frame member is advantageously made of two end members havingupwardly extending corner In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows one form of upper and lower frame members, and supportingsaddle and neckpiece, separate and apart from the pony or other toysupported thereby;

Fig. 2 shows the same upper and lower frame members as those of Fig. 1supporting a hollow rubber pony;

Fig. 3 shows a toy giraffe of plastic material with portions cut away toshow the hollow nature of the toy and to show the saddle support thereinas well as a neckpiece and hand bars at the neck of the toy;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the lower end of the neckpiece where it issecured to the vertical support of the saddle;

Fig. 5 shows the giraffe of Fig. 3 supported in one type of rockingsupport;

Fig. 6 is a view showing a portion of the rocking support of Fig. 5 indifferent locations;

Fig. 7 shows the giraffe supported by another type of rocking support;and

Fig. 8 illustrates the method of assembling and separating portions ofthe rocking frame of Fig. 7.

Fig. 1, which shows the upper and lower frame members, and the saddlesupport and neckpiece, without the pony or other toy, includes theupright tubular member 1 with a saddle member 2 secured thereto andwhich has an upper portion extending at an angle and having a flattenedend 3 with a hole therein to which the handle members 4 are secured.

The lower portion of the vertical support 1 is bolted by bolts 8 to theupwardly extending portions 6 and 7 of two horizontal tubular members 9and 10 welded at their ends to transverse frame members 11 and 12,respectively. Foot rests 13 are provided on the transverse frame member12.

The portion of the frame thus described is the upper frame member withthe saddle, handle bars and foot supports on a rigid upper frameworksuch that a child sitting on a saddle and grasping the handle bars andwith its feet on the foot supports will be in the natural position of achild riding a pony. And the saddle on which the child sits as well asthe handle bars and foot rests are held in rigid relation to each other.

The upper framework thus described is supported by four springs 14, 15,16 and 17 which are joined to the ends of the cross bars 11 and 12through metal rings 18 extendin through the transverse tubes and towhich the ends of the springs are attached.

The four springs are united at their outer ends to four posts formingpart of the lower framework and this lower framework may be of differentconstruction to provide four corner posts to which the springs areattached. These corner posts are the upright members 19, 20, 21, 22,which have metal rings 23 at their upper ends, to which the outer endsof the springs are attached.

The lower framework which secures the four corner posts together to forma rigid frame may vary in con-' struction and arrangement and mayinclude side bars and cross bars or end bars and intermediate connectingmembers, and is advantageously made of telescoping tubing such that thelower frame can readily be detached for shipment and readily be puttogether with a telescoping action when the frame is to be assembled.

The lower frame illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 has two end members at theends of the frame welded together to form a rigid end member. In theconstruction shown, one end member is made of the uprights 19 and 20with their inwardly extending members 24 and 25- welded together at 26toform an integral end unit. The other endunit is made up of theuprights 21 and 22 and their inwardly extending members 27 and 28 weldedtogether at 29 to form a rigid end member. These end frame memberstelescope into a long tube into which they can readily be inserted andfrom which they can readily be removed. The tubes where they are weldedtogether, are flattened so that the two flattened and welded tubesreadily telescope into the long intermediate tube 30.

Fig. 2 shows the frame of Fig. 1 installed in a hollow pony made by therotary casting process in which the toy From the foregoing description,it will be evident that the upper frame which is supported by thefour'springs and which includes the upwardly extending supporting member1 and the saddle and neckpiece carried thereby form an integral upperframework for supporting. the

' pony 1 and a rigid upper framework which supports the is formed byintroducing vulcanizable rubber latex into a amold of water-absorbentmaterial, such as'plaster of Paris, and the toy formed by compoundrotation of the mold around two axes at right angles to each other untilthe water has been absorbed from the latex and a substantially uniformlayer of rubber has been deposited on all portions of the mold. Afterfurther drying in the mold, the molded toy is removed'from the mold andfurther dried and finally cured or vulcanized to form the pony or othertoy.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the pony 31 has portions cut away at 32 toshow the thickness 33 of the molded wall. And it will be noted that thepony is molded with a saddle recess 34, for receiving the back portionof the saddle 2 and that the shape of the pony at the portion where itcomes into contact with the saddle is a shape which conforms to thesaddle support. The neckpiece also extends up through the neck of thepony and the hand bars are secured to the upper end of the neckpiece ina location convenient for the hands .of the child seated in the saddleof the pony., Theentire support for the the upper frame members whichconnect this upright member with the inner ends of the springs. Thearrangement is such that the pony is supported above the springs andvabove the lower portion of the upper framework, and the foot rests onthe horizontal member 12 have a location similar to that of the stirrupsof a saddle.

The arrangement is such that a child seated on the saddle of the ponyillustrated in Fig. 2 and grasping the hand bars and having his feet onthe foot rests is in a natural position for riding the pony. And theyieldable supports of the four springs at the four corners of the upperframe give a life-like motion to the pony. The pony as a whole moveswith the upper framework and gives the impression of a solid pony onwhich the child is riding while the unsupported and yieldable nature ofthe sides and other portion of the pony make it yield to the knees or topressure when applied thereto. And the pulling of the reins will causethe head to move because of the flexible nature of the molded toy, andthe head will return to its normal position when the pull is released.

The lower frame for supporting the upper frame and the ponyis locatedbelow the pony and below the upper frame. The upper frame can readily beattached to and detached from the lower frame by hooking the ends of thesprings into the metal loops or by unhooking them therefrom. So far asthe rider of the pony is concerned, he is up in the'air above the lowerportion of the upper frame and also below the lower frame.

The lower frame serves the purpose of supporting the upper frame and toythrough the resilient springs and through the four corner posts whichare rigidly connected together and which can readily be assembled anddisassembled-by simple telescoping action of the members.

Instead of making the frame with a single downwardly extendingsupporting member, two or more members can be used, eg an invertedU-shaped member, to which the saddle or saddle and neckpiece are securedand which are attached to and supported by the upper frame.

pony above the springs and above the lower portion of the upper frame.

This upper frame can be used with different kinds of lower supportingframes, and the structure and action are not dependent upon the form andstructure of the lower supporting frame. a

The lower supporting frame illustrated is a simple and advantageous formof frame with two end members welded together and telescopicallyconnected with a long connecting member by which the end members arereadily removed for shipping in the same box which contains the pony.The only portion of the upper frame member permanently connected withthe pony is the supporting member 1 together with the saddle andneckpiece which are located inside the pony and which serve to supportthe child riding the pony and furnish a rigid handpiece rigidlyconnected to the saddle. The lower portion of the upper frame whichconnects the vertical member with the four springs is readilydisconnected from or connected to the vertical member to permit shippingin a knocked-down condition and assembly when the toy is to be used.

In Fig. 3 the giraffe shown is one which is made by the rotary castingprocess above referred to, of rubber latex or other plastic materialwith the toy formed by compound rotation epg. in a porous mold in whichvulcanizable rubber latex is used, as described in the prior patentsabove referred to.

The giraffe 41 has parts cut away to show the thickness 42 of the wallsformed by the rotary casting process and to show the. interiorsupporting saddle, neckpiece and depending supporting rod or tube. Thesupporting rod or tube 43 carries the saddle 44 at its upper end and itwill be noted that the toy itself is molded to a form such that it has asaddle portion 50 conforming to the shape of the saddle44 which supportsit and with a recess '51 formed in the toy to receive the back end ofthe saddle. The downwardly extending rod 43 extends through an openingin the lower portion of the body of the toy with clamping means 52such-as a rubber grommet on the rodv 43 for holding the surroundingedges of the walls of the toy.

A separate neckpiece 45 in the form of a tube, flattened at is lower end46, as shown in Fig. 4, is bolted to the upright 43 by bolts 47 and thisneckpiece extends up into the neck of the giraffe and has a flattenedupper end 48 with a hole therein (not shown) and hand bars 49 on theoutside of the neck secured to the flattened upper end of the neck bar.

The arrangement is such that in the completed toy the saddle andneckpiece are located within the hollow toy and support a child seatedon the saddle and with a rigid connecting support between the saddle andthe hand bars. I

At its lower end the supporting rod or bar 43 is secured to the upwardlyextending ends of horizontal members 53 or 54 by bolts 55, thesehorizontal members being a part of the framework illustrated in Figs. 7and 8.

In Fig. 5 the giraffe of Fig. 3 is shown supported in one type ofrocking frame which has a stationary portion and a pivoted frame portionwith springs for modifying the rocking action.

In the apparatus shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the lower end of the supportingmember 43 extends downwardly and has a portion 59 welded at 60 to across tube 61 pivotally mounted on two inwardly extending rods or tubes62 or 63 welded to the side members 64.

End frame members 65 and 66 are telescopically joined to the sidemembers 64 through telescoping rods 01' tubes 67. Rubber members 68 areprovided on the side member 64 to prevent slipping or skidding of theframe.

Secured to the upright member 43 at an intermediate portion are the endsof two members 56 and 57, bolted to the tube 43 by bolts 58. The outerends of these members 56 and 57 are flattened and have openings 71therein to which the inner ends or springs 72 and 73 are connected. Theouter ends of these springs are connected to metal rings 74 and 75carried by the end members.

Secured by welding to the horizontal rod or tube 56 is a cross bar orrod 76 having foot rests 77 thereon. The arrangement is such that childseated in the saddle can place his feet on the foot rests and his handson the hand bars and these will have a rigid connection with each other.7

In the operation of the rocking giraffe illustrated in these figures,the giraffe will pivot around the member 61 and can move forward andbackward and at the action of the springs will tend to return thegiraffe to its initial position. Movement of the springs and pivotingmembers, as the giraffe moves in one direction, is illustrated in dottedlines in Fig. 6.

The rocking frame support of Figs. 5 and 6 can readily be taken apartfor shipping and reassembled for use. By removing the springs andunbolting the bars 56 and 57 and by removing the telescoping endsupporting members from the horizontal supports and the horizontalrocking bar from its telescoping inserts, the different members of theframe can be arranged for packing in the same container as the giraffeitself and reassembled when the toy is to be used.

Figs. 7 and 8 show a modified form of rocking support in which thesupporting rod or tube 43 which supports the saddle and neck member isconnected at its lower end to the horizontal members 53 and 54 by one ormore bolts 55 and are welded at their other ends, as indicated at 80 and81, to the end members 82 and 83 which telescope into the side members34 and 85. Extending between the side members and secured thereto is theupwardly extending cross bar 86 having foot rests 87 thereon. The sidebars 84 and 85, as well as the side portions of the end members 82 and83, are curved to provide a rocker to permit rocking of the rider on thegiraffe. And the arrangement of the saddle support, hand bars and footrests, is such that these are in fixed relation to each other and enablethe child riding the giraffe to feel secure as he rocks forward andbackward on the giraffe.

The lower supporting frame of Figs. 7 and 8 can also be disassembled andreadily assembled by removing the bolt 55 and removing the end membersand horizontal members welded thereto from the telescoping side members.This frame can readily be packaged in the same package as the giraffeand readily reassembled when the toy is to be used.

It is one advantage of the present rocking toy invention that it gives achild the effect of rocking on an animal of substantial size but whichis of light weight, so that the principal weight is that of the child,with a relatively small weight of the hollow animal and its supportingframe members which are located at the level of the giraffe.

While the rocking toy has been described and illustrated in connectionwith a giraffe, it will be evident that other toys can be similarly madeof hollow plastic yieldable material and similarly supported.

Instead of making the saddle, or saddle and handpiece, with a singledownwardly extending supporting member as illustrated, two or moremembers can be used, e.g. an inverted U-shaped member, to which thesaddle or saddle and neckpiece are secured and which are attached to andsupported by the upper frame.

Different kinds of toys can be made as rocking toys with the supportingrocking framework for supporting them.

Thus, toys may be made in the form of animals, such as ponies, zebras,donkeys, elephants, tigers, giraffes, etc., or even in the form of largebirds, such as an ostrich, where the toy as a whole will be made ofyieldable plastic material, such as rubber, by a compound rotationprocess in suitable molds and where the internal support for the toy iseither subsequently inserted through an opening made in the bottom ofthe toy or located within the toy during the forming of the toy, asdescribed in said companion application.

This application is a continuation-in-part of my copendingapplications'Serial No. 642,729, now forfeited, and Serial No. 642,861,now Patent No. 2,935,317.

I claim:

1. A molded hollow plastic toy of resilient plastic material of a sizewhich can be mounted by a child sitting on the toy and with thin wallsof insufficient strength to support a child thereon, said toy having asaddle portion, a supporting saddle member for supporting the saddleportion of the toy and a child seated thereon, and downwardly extendingsupporting means extending through the lower wall of the toy forsupporting the saddle member, said saddle supporting member beinglocated within the toy and said toy being a resilient plastic toy.

2. A molded hollow plastic toy of resilient plastic material having asaddle portion and a neck portion, a supporting saddle member withinsaid toy for supporting the saddle portion of the toy and a child seatedthereon, a neck member within the toy and extending into the neck of thetoy and having hand-hold members secured thereto and extending to theoutside of the neck portion, downwardly extending supporting means forsupporitng the saddle member and the neck member and extendingdownwardly through the bottom of the hollow plastic toy, said toy beingfree from openings other than the openings for the downwardly extendingsupporting member and the hand-hold bars.

3. A hollow plastic toy of the kind which a child can ride and which hasa saddle portion on which a child can be seated, said toy having body,head, neck and leg portions molded as a whole of resilient plasticmaterial in the form of thin resilient walls which are yieldable topressure by the knees of the rider or by pressing with the hand of therider, except for the supported portions thereof, the body portion ofsaid toy having a molded saddle portion with a recess formed to receivea saddle supporting member and said toy being continuous except foropenings for the support thereof, a saddle supporting member within thetoy for supporting the saddle portion and of a shape conforming to themolded saddle portion of the toy, downwardly extending supporting meansextending through the bottom of the body portion of the toy, and asupport for said downwardly extending supporting means located below thetoy and having foot rest portions thereon.

4. A hollow plastic toy as defined in claim 3 which also has a neckmember extending into the neck of the toy and having hand-hold memberssecured thereto extending on the outside of the neck portion, and thedownwardly extending supporting means supports both the saddle memberand the neck member.

5. A molded hollow plastic toy of resilient plastic material of a sizewhich can be mounted by a child sitting on the toy and with thin wallsof insufficient strength to support a child thereon, said toy having asaddle portion, a supporting saddle member for supporting the saddleportion of the toy and a child seated thereon, and supporting meansextending through the wall of the toy for supporting the saddle member,said saddle supporting member being located within the toy and said toybeing a resilient plastic toy.

6. A molded hollow plastic toy of resilient plastic material of a sizewhich can be mounted by a child sitting on the toy and with thin wallsof insuificient strength to support a child thereon, said toy having asaddle portion and a neck portion, a supporting saddle member Withinsaid toy for supporting the saddle portion of the toy and a child seatedthereon, a neck member within the toy and extending into the neck of thetoy and having hand-hold members secured thereto and extending to theoutside of the neck portion, supporting means for supporting the saddlemember and the neck member and extending through the wall of the hollowplastic toy, said toy being free from openings other than the openingsfor the supporting member and the hand-hold bars.

7. A hollow plastic toy of the kind which a child can ride and which hasa saddle portion on which a child can be seated, said toy having body,head, neck and leg portions molded as a whole of resilient plasticmaterial in the form of thin resilient walls which are yieldable topressure by the knees of the rider or by pressing with the hand of therider, except for the supported portions thereof, the body portion ofsaid toy having a molded saddle portion with a recess formed to receivea saddle supporting member and said toy being continuous except foropenings for the support thereof, a. saddle supporting member within thetoy for supporting the saddle portion and of a shape conforming to themolded saddle portion of the toy, downwardly extending supporting meanscentrally positioned with respect to said body and extending through thebottom of the body portion of the toy for supporting the saddlesupporting member, an upper frame located below the toy and supportingthe downwardly extending supporting means, a lower frame, and springsconnecting the upper and lower frames to permit movement of the toy andupper frame.

8. A hollow plastic toy of the kind which a child can ride and which hasa saddle portion on which a child can be seated, said toy having body,head, neck and leg portions molded as a Whole of resilient plasticmaterial in the form of thin resilient walls which are yieldable topressure by the knees of the rider or by pressing with the hand of therider, except for the supported portions thereof, the body portion ofsaid toy having a molded saddle portion with a recess formed to receivea saddle supporting member and said toy being continuous except foropenings for the support thereof, a saddle supporting member Within thetoy for supporting the saddle portion and of a shape conforming to themolded saddle portion of the toy, a neck member extending into the neckof the toy and having hand-hold. members secured thereto and extendingon the outside of the neck portion, downwardly extending supportingmeans centrally positioned with respect to said body and extendingthrough the bottom of the body portion of the toy for supportingthe'saddle supporting member and the neck member, an upper frame locatedbelow the toy for supporting the downwardly extending supporting meansand having foot rest portions, a lower frame and springs connecting theupper and lower frames to permit movement of the toy and upper frame.

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